Oldest swinger in Faliraki

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At the grand old age of 28, our correspondent feels positively geriatric in the notorious Greek resort

THEY SAY that you are only as old as you feel. Well, I am a relatively spry 28-year-old, who still quite likes a night out, pays too much for a haircut and saves too little for a mortgage. Yet there is one place in the world that makes me feel positively geriatric: Faliraki.

The Greek resort with the hellraising reputation is having a difficult adolescence. It is barely out of its teens, springing up from a small fishing village on the island of Rhodes 20 years ago. As the bars multiplied, the families fled, and Faliraki has now become notorious